diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/upgrade.command.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/upgrade.command.ts
index e9a1335b01..0cc931af78 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/upgrade.command.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/database/commands/upgrade-version-command/upgrade.command.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ export class UpgradeCommand extends CommandRunner {
       });
     }
 
+    if (
+      isDefined(options.workspaceId) &&
+      isDefined(options.startFromWorkspaceId)
+    ) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'Cannot use --start-from-workspace-id together with -w/--workspace-id',
+      );
+    }
+
     try {
       const sequence = this.upgradeSequenceReaderService.getUpgradeSequence();
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/services/upgrade-sequence-runner.service.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/services/upgrade-sequence-runner.service.ts
index 4f3f099a82..0fd848f6d5 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/services/upgrade-sequence-runner.service.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/upgrade/services/upgrade-sequence-runner.service.ts
@@ -69,12 +69,14 @@ export class UpgradeSequenceRunnerService {
 
       if (step.kind === 'fast-instance' || step.kind === 'slow-instance') {
         if (
-          isDefined(options.workspaceIds) &&
-          options.workspaceIds.length > 0
+          (isDefined(options.workspaceIds) &&
+            options.workspaceIds.length > 0) ||
+          isDefined(options.startFromWorkspaceId) ||
+          isDefined(options.workspaceCountLimit)
         ) {
           this.logger.log(
             `Stopping before instance step "${step.name}": ` +
-              'upgrade was run with workspace filter (-w). ' +
+              'upgrade was run with a workspace filter (-w, --start-from-workspace-id, or --workspace-count-limit). ' +
               'Instance commands require all workspaces to be aligned.',
           );
 
@@ -303,15 +305,13 @@ export class UpgradeSequenceRunnerService {
     allActiveOrSuspendedWorkspaceIds: string[];
     options: ParsedUpgradeCommandOptions;
   }): Promise<WorkspaceIteratorReport> {
-    const workspaceIds =
-      isDefined(options.workspaceIds) && options.workspaceIds.length > 0
-        ? options.workspaceIds
-        : allActiveOrSuspendedWorkspaceIds;
+    const workspaceIds = this.deriveWorkspaceIdsToProcess({
+      allActiveOrSuspendedWorkspaceIds,
+      options,
+    });
 
     return this.workspaceIteratorService.iterate({
       workspaceIds,
-      startFromWorkspaceId: options.startFromWorkspaceId,
-      workspaceCountLimit: options.workspaceCountLimit,
       dryRun: options.dryRun,
       callback: async (context) => {
         const workspaceCursor = workspaceCursors.get(context.workspaceId);
@@ -337,6 +337,32 @@ export class UpgradeSequenceRunnerService {
     });
   }
 
+  private deriveWorkspaceIdsToProcess({
+    allActiveOrSuspendedWorkspaceIds,
+    options,
+  }: {
+    allActiveOrSuspendedWorkspaceIds: string[];
+    options: ParsedUpgradeCommandOptions;
+  }): string[] {
+    if (isDefined(options.workspaceIds) && options.workspaceIds.length > 0) {
+      return options.workspaceIds;
+    }
+
+    let workspaceIds = allActiveOrSuspendedWorkspaceIds;
+
+    if (isDefined(options.startFromWorkspaceId)) {
+      workspaceIds = workspaceIds.filter(
+        (id) => id >= options.startFromWorkspaceId!,
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (isDefined(options.workspaceCountLimit)) {
+      workspaceIds = workspaceIds.slice(0, options.workspaceCountLimit);
+    }
+
+    return workspaceIds;
+  }
+
   private enforceWorkspacesCompletedPreviousWorkspaceSegment({
     sequence,
     previousWorkspaceStep,
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/upgrade/suites/sequence-runner/start-from-workspace-id.integration-spec.ts b/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/upgrade/suites/sequence-runner/start-from-workspace-id.integration-spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6aa15c61a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/upgrade/suites/sequence-runner/start-from-workspace-id.integration-spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+import {
+  type IntegrationTestContext,
+  createUpgradeSequenceRunnerIntegrationTestModule,
+  DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+  makeFastInstance,
+  makeWorkspace,
+  migrationRecordToKey,
+  resetSeedSequenceCounter,
+  seedInstanceMigration,
+  setMockActiveWorkspaceIds,
+  testGetExecutedMigrationsInOrder,
+  WS_1,
+  WS_2,
+  WS_3,
+  WS_4,
+} from 'test/integration/upgrade/utils/upgrade-sequence-runner-integration-test.util';
+
+// Sorted ASC: WS_1 < WS_2 < WS_3 < WS_4
+
+describe('UpgradeSequenceRunnerService — startFromWorkspaceId (integration)', () => {
+  let context: IntegrationTestContext;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    context = await createUpgradeSequenceRunnerIntegrationTestModule();
+  }, 30000);
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await context.dataSource.query('DELETE FROM core."upgradeMigration"');
+    await context.module?.close();
+    await context.dataSource?.destroy();
+  }, 15000);
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await context.dataSource.query('DELETE FROM core."upgradeMigration"');
+    resetSeedSequenceCounter();
+    setMockActiveWorkspaceIds([]);
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should only process workspaces whose id >= startFromWorkspaceId', async () => {
+    const sequence = [
+      makeFastInstance('Ic1'),
+      makeWorkspace('Wc1'),
+      makeWorkspace('Wc2'),
+      makeFastInstance('Ic2'),
+    ];
+
+    setMockActiveWorkspaceIds([WS_1, WS_2, WS_3]);
+
+    await seedInstanceMigration(context.dataSource, {
+      name: 'Ic1',
+      status: 'completed',
+      workspaceIds: [WS_1, WS_2, WS_3],
+    });
+
+    const report = await context.runner.run({
+      sequence,
+      options: {
+        ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+        startFromWorkspaceId: WS_2,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(report.totalFailures).toBe(0);
+    expect(report.totalSuccesses).toBe(2);
+
+    const executed = await testGetExecutedMigrationsInOrder(context.dataSource);
+
+    expect(executed.map(migrationRecordToKey)).toStrictEqual([
+      // Seeds
+      'Ic1:instance:completed:1',
+      `Ic1:${WS_1}:completed:1`,
+      `Ic1:${WS_2}:completed:1`,
+      `Ic1:${WS_3}:completed:1`,
+
+      // Only WS_2 and WS_3 are processed (WS_1 skipped)
+      `Wc1:${WS_2}:completed:1`,
+      `Wc2:${WS_2}:completed:1`,
+      `Wc1:${WS_3}:completed:1`,
+      `Wc2:${WS_3}:completed:1`,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should respect workspaceCountLimit together with startFromWorkspaceId', async () => {
+    const sequence = [makeFastInstance('Ic1'), makeWorkspace('Wc1')];
+
+    setMockActiveWorkspaceIds([WS_1, WS_2, WS_3, WS_4]);
+
+    await seedInstanceMigration(context.dataSource, {
+      name: 'Ic1',
+      status: 'completed',
+      workspaceIds: [WS_1, WS_2, WS_3, WS_4],
+    });
+
+    const report = await context.runner.run({
+      sequence,
+      options: {
+        ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+        startFromWorkspaceId: WS_2,
+        workspaceCountLimit: 1,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(report.totalFailures).toBe(0);
+    expect(report.totalSuccesses).toBe(1);
+
+    const executed = await testGetExecutedMigrationsInOrder(context.dataSource);
+
+    expect(executed.map(migrationRecordToKey)).toStrictEqual([
+      // Seeds
+      'Ic1:instance:completed:1',
+      `Ic1:${WS_1}:completed:1`,
+      `Ic1:${WS_2}:completed:1`,
+      `Ic1:${WS_3}:completed:1`,
+      `Ic1:${WS_4}:completed:1`,
+
+      // Only WS_2 processed (first after startFrom, limited to 1)
+      `Wc1:${WS_2}:completed:1`,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should stop before instance step when startFromWorkspaceId is set', async () => {
+    const sequence = [
+      makeFastInstance('Ic1'),
+      makeWorkspace('Wc1'),
+      makeWorkspace('Wc2'),
+      makeFastInstance('Ic2'),
+      makeWorkspace('Wc3'),
+    ];
+
+    setMockActiveWorkspaceIds([WS_1, WS_2, WS_3]);
+
+    await seedInstanceMigration(context.dataSource, {
+      name: 'Ic1',
+      status: 'completed',
+      workspaceIds: [WS_1, WS_2, WS_3],
+    });
+
+    const report = await context.runner.run({
+      sequence,
+      options: {
+        ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+        startFromWorkspaceId: WS_2,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(report.totalFailures).toBe(0);
+    expect(report.totalSuccesses).toBe(2);
+
+    const executed = await testGetExecutedMigrationsInOrder(context.dataSource);
+
+    expect(executed.map(migrationRecordToKey)).toStrictEqual([
+      // Seeds
+      'Ic1:instance:completed:1',
+      `Ic1:${WS_1}:completed:1`,
+      `Ic1:${WS_2}:completed:1`,
+      `Ic1:${WS_3}:completed:1`,
+
+      // Workspace segment: only WS_2 and WS_3 run
+      `Wc1:${WS_2}:completed:1`,
+      `Wc2:${WS_2}:completed:1`,
+      `Wc1:${WS_3}:completed:1`,
+      `Wc2:${WS_3}:completed:1`,
+
+      // Ic2 and Wc3 never reached — runner stopped at instance step boundary
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should process no workspaces when startFromWorkspaceId is greater than all ids', async () => {
+    const sequence = [makeFastInstance('Ic1'), makeWorkspace('Wc1')];
+
+    setMockActiveWorkspaceIds([WS_1, WS_2]);
+
+    await seedInstanceMigration(context.dataSource, {
+      name: 'Ic1',
+      status: 'completed',
+      workspaceIds: [WS_1, WS_2],
+    });
+
+    const report = await context.runner.run({
+      sequence,
+      options: {
+        ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+        startFromWorkspaceId: 'ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff',
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(report.totalFailures).toBe(0);
+    expect(report.totalSuccesses).toBe(0);
+  });
+});